Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-11
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The sanitary condition of Buenos Ayres, is
now very good. The cholera has completely
disappeared from Cordova and nearly so
from Tucuman and Mend)Za, where only
four or five cases of the disease now exist.
Terrible rioting recently occurred in the
Petershill Carrckhill and Spankhill districts
of Belfast. The trouble originated through
soldiers belonging to the West Surrey regi-
ment insulting a number OF Catholic
civilians. The latter retaliated by stoning
the soldiers, many of W, om were injured.
This was followed by wholesale arrests over
100 persons being placed in the lookup.
A grand imperial council has been held
here in Vienna, Jan. 80, the emperor pre-
siding. All the Austrian aud Hungarian
ministers were present. The delegations
were convoSed for March to vote extra
credits of SIS, 600, 900 for the army, and
special credit for the equipment of the
landsturm.
The Vienna correspondent of the Standard
believes that the credit asked for by the
government will amount to $4,000, 600 iorins
for the army and 30, co. 900 forms additional
for the Landsturm.
The English government has settled the
transatlantic mail contracts so that the
White Star steamers leaving Liverpool on
Wednesdays and the Cunard steamers on
Saturdays will take mails
The British government is negotiating
with the White Star and other eamship
companies with view of using their vessek
for armed transports in the event of war.
1t is reported that Emperor William has
yielded to his generals and resolves to put an
end to the French danger before his death.
The quarantine recently established by the
Egyptian government at Alexander against
all arrivals from Calcutta, has been
abolished.
The schooner Carrie A. Buckman, Heagan,
Pascagoula for Cienfuegos, has been aband-
oned waterlogged. All hands were picked
up and landed at Havana.
TIE British army estimates this year will
include the new repeating rifle, the defence
of home ports, and the equipment of sub
marine mining corps for the Clyde, Mersey,
Tyne, Tay and Severn rivers and Belfast
bay.
A company with a capital Of s., ,000, 900 has
been organized to undertake the cons siruction
of submarine tunnel between Prince Ed
ward Island and New Brunswick provided
the Canadian government will guarantee 4
per cent. interest on the expenditure.
Henry NJ. Stanley has left Cairo for Zan-
zibar, accompanied by so negroes. The total
force of his expedition for the relief Of Emin
Bey will be 1900 men. He does not expect
any opposition.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies have dis
cussed bill submitted by the government
for a credit of f. 600, 600 for the sending OF
re-enforcements TO the Italian garrison at
Massowah.
France has refused to assent to Egypt's
devoting R250, 900 to support the forced labor
system.
The police of Metz has seized M. Antoine's
electoral address and closed the editorial and
printing offices of the Moniteur de la Mo,
selle.
Testimonials have been awarded by Canada
TO the crew of the American ship Farragut,
in recognition of their humane services in
rescuiug the shipwrecked sailors Of the bark
Embra
At an industrial ball in Vienna the EN-
peror, who was among the guests, said that
the present military measures had been rem
dered necessary by the parsimonious war
estimates of recent years, and that the object
was to raise Austria to . level with other
! powers